Aster
#2,933 for girls in 2025, 57 births · #2,884 for boys in 2025, 43 births
Given to girls 67.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2022 · 73 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 752since 1916
Aster over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,933 | 57 | #2,884 | 43 |
| 2024 | #2,722 | 63 | #2,789 | 46 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #3,347 | 35 |
| 2022 | #2,463 | 73 | #3,003 | 41 |
| 2021 | #2,586 | 67 | #4,628 | 21 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #3,451 | 45 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #4,144 | 34 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #3,705 | 41 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,625 | 23 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,143 | 26 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | — | |
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| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
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| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
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| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
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| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
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| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | — | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
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| 1933 | — | #3,642 | 5 | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
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| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aster! It came in at #3,919, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Aster is popular in 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#933 · 1 in 4,790
- Virginia#1,071 · 1 in 5,812
- California#2,064 · 1 in 17,377
- Texas#2,952 · 1 in 27,129
Best ever in a state: #527 in Oregon, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #933 | 6 | 1 in 4,790 |
| Virginia | #1,071 | 6 | 1 in 5,812 |
| California | #2,064 | 10 | 1 in 17,377 |
| Texas | #2,952 | 6 | 1 in 27,129 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aster
- 211 spots since 2024 (#2,722 → #2,933)
- 208 spots since 2020 (#3,141 → #2,933)
- 772 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #2,933)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2022 at #2,463 (73 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,468 girls born in 2022 were named Aster (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 28,198 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.7% of all girls named Aster (359) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,919 (1916) | #3,919 |
| 1920s | 29 | #3,053 (1927) | #4,039 |
| 1930s | 18 | #3,274 (1932) | #4,052 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,651 (1948) | #4,651 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 11 | #9,237 (1982) | #9,830 |
| 1990s | 15 | #13,442 (1993) | #13,859 |
| 2000s | 41 | #10,679 (2009) | #14,109 |
| 2010s | 267 | #3,451 (2019) | #5,564 |
| 2020s | 359 | #2,463 (2022) | #2,853 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aster in 2022
Top girls' names in 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
girls
1,640,131 girls got a published name in 2022; 1 in 22,468 of them was named Aster, which outranked 86.1% of the 17,760 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,445Naiomi74
- #2,445Rena74
- #2,445Shaindy74
- #2,463Aster73
- #2,463Adlee73
- #2,463Alahni73
- #2,463Aniston73
- #2,490Adria72
- #2,490Aerith72
- #2,490Alyza72
Tied with 26 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 42,586 of them was named Aster, which outranked 79.0% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,962Vyom42
- #2,962Zhaire42
- #2,962Ziyad42
- #3,003Aster41
- #3,003Aahan41
- #3,003Abhay41
- #3,003Ahad41
- #3,053Aavyan40
- #3,053Acen40
- #3,053Aceson40
Tied with 49 names at #3,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.